Advises clients on intellectual property and transactional matters, including complex mergers, asset/stock purchases and acquisitions, cross-border IP and technology transfers, IP licenses and diligence reviews involving large, global IP portfolios.
Handles the negotiation of contracts in connection with corporate restructuring and investment, mergers & acquisitions and bankruptcy for multinational corporations.
Lead attorney handling all trademark and brand procurement, counseling, licensing, clearance, protection and enforcement, and advertising matters for the firm.
Part of the firm’s artificial intelligence & machine learning practice, advising clients on critical IP-related issues concerning their use of artificial intelligence.

David represents and advises clients on a wide range of intellectual property (IP) and transactional matters, including in the following key areas:

Complex cross-border transactions involving IP assets
IP matters related to mergers & acquisitions (M&A)
Bankruptcy matters involving global IP portfolios
Trademark clearance and protection
IP procurement and enforcement
IP litigation and disputes
IP licensing and cobranding
Advertising.

These representations extend to matters and companies that involve large, international IP portfolios, complex IP licensing and transfer arrangements and brand protection strategies.

David also manages large, international trademark portfolios and counsels clients on the adoption, prosecution, promotion, protection and enforcement of trademarks and trade dress, copyrights and technology worldwide.

With clients across industries, David has handled an array of complex matters for clients in the banking, finance and investment management, media & entertainment, retail & consumer products, information technology, pharmaceuticals, cybersecurity, military, e-gaming, oil & gas, data analytics, hospitals and medical equipment, sports equipment and fashion apparel, alcoholic beverages, and lifestyle and publications sectors, among others.

Education
J.D., Emory University School of Law, 1999
B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1995

Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
Virginia

Recognitions

Akin, Pro Bono Challenge Award.

Affiliations and Public Service

Member, Advisory Board of Directors, Korean American Bar Association of Washington, D.C.

Speeches and Publications

Moderator, “Intellectual Property Careers Panel,” Georgetown Law Student Intellectual Property Law Association, Washington.
“Generative AI Cannot Meet Authorship Requirement for Copyright Protection, District Court Rules,” Akin TechSpeak Alert, August 23, 2023.
“Generative AI and Recent Copyright Developments,” Akin TechSpeak Alert, July 26, 2023.
“The Supreme Court Holds That a Showing of Willfulness is Not a Precondition to Recover Profits for Federal Trademark Infringement,” Akin Intellectual Property Alert, April 28, 2020.
“Protecting Your Trademarks in the New Domain Frontier: Trademark Clearinghouse – Set to Launch on March 26, 2013,” Akin Intellectual Property Alert, March 6, 2013.
“Trademark Clearinghouse: Protecting Trademarks in the New Domain Frontier,” Akin Intellectual Property Alert, January 16, 2013.
“ICANN’s Prospective Launch of New Generic Top-level Domains,” Akin Intellectual Property Alert, March 3, 2009.